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Stevenukd Posted 17 years ago
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One time modest

A: I'm not that good.
B: Come on! Don't be so modest! there's a saying "one time modest equals 4 times self-important".

- Does B sound natural?



Thanks so much to Teachers,

Stevenukd
  

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Hi, Steven, Is this a translation of an existing saying? It doesn't quite work for me. I expect the implication is that someone who acts a little bit modest is actually strongly the opposite.

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  • It doesn't quite work for me.
  • I expect the implication is that someone who acts a little bit modest is actually strongly the opposite.
  • I'm not sure how that might be rendered in a more effective way.
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Hi, Steven,

Is this a translation of an existing saying? It doesn't quite work for me.

I expect the implication is that someone who acts a little bit modest is actually strongly the opposite. I'm not sure how that might be rendered in a more effective way.

We have a few "first time / second time" sayings, but I don't think that's what you're looking for:

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Stevenukd- Does B sound natural?
It's not that it isn't natural. It's that, as far as I know, that 'saying' really isn't a saying in English.

CJ
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